Tag: South America

Senior delegates from more than 20 countries throughout the Americas and elsewhere gathered in Rio at the beginning of December for the first ever World Mail & Express event to be held in Latin America. They were treated to a fascinating two days of debate, discussion and networking at the Sheraton Hotel in Rio de Janeiro, with an international array of podium speakers sharing their experiences and ideas for the industry’s future.

Senior executives from conference host sponsors Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telegrafos expressed themselves delighted with the success of the whole event. After Brazilian Post President and CEO Carlos Henrique Almeida Custodio had opened the summit by welcoming everybody to Rio, a succession of key speakers entertained those present with their perspectives on competing and winning. With countries such as Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico and the USA also represented on the podium, delegates were treated to a range of views and experiences from across the region. International viewpoints were also pooled by speakers from elsewhere, including Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain and the UK, with sharing best practice and lessons learnt very much to the fore.

Delegates were also interested to hear evidence of the low market share (compared to their international counterparts) amongst national operators in South America. Outside Brazil and Chile particularly, it is clear that private mail operators collectively have much larger shares of the letter delivery market than do the national posts.